Definition of Raceway

1. Noun. A canal for a current of water.

Exact synonyms: Race
Generic synonyms: Canal

2. Noun. A course over which races are run.
Exact synonyms: Racecourse, Racetrack, Track
Specialized synonyms: Cinder Track, Dirt Track, Circuit, Racing Circuit, Speedway, Velodrome
Generic synonyms: Course
Terms within: Stretch, Inside Track

Definition of Raceway

1. Noun. A place where races are held. A racetrack. ¹

2. Noun. An easily-accessible conduit or tray for organizing runs of data or power cabling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Raceway

1. a channel for conducting water [n -WAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raceway

races
racetam
racetams
racetrack
racetrack tout
racetracker
racetrackers
racetracks
racewalk
racewalked
racewalker
racewalkers
racewalking
racewalkings
racewalks
raceway (current term)
raceways
racewear
rach
rache
raches
rachet
rachet up
racheted
racheting
rachets
rachi-
rachial
rachialgia
rachicentesis

Literary usage of Raceway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Decisions on the Law of Patents for Inventions Rendered by [English Courts by United States Supreme Court, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Woodbury Lowery (1892)
"The raceway is curved inwardly at its lower end, and is given a quarter-twist, ... The raceway is formed to permit the buttons to be drawn from its end, ..."

2. American Electricians' Handbook: A Reference Book for Practical Electrical by Terrell Croft (1921)
"In carrying wires from conduit to raceway, the molding wire must be spliced to the ... Flexible conduit or porcelain bushings must protect the raceway ..."

3. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"As a final preparation before stocking PLs in the raceway, a fungicide is ... raceway Stocking When all preparations are complete, the raceway is ready to ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"In the Lancaster machine, the buttons travel along the raceway with their shanks upward, and the twisted shape of the raceway causes the buttons to be ..."

5. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1898)
"... and extended back to Putnam's raceway, so called ; that there was a large wall that separated the plaintiff's premises from the raceway as it now runs; ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Ephraim Williams, Dudley Atkins Tyng, Octavius Pickering, Theron Metcalf, Luther Stearns Cushing, Horace Gray, Charles Allen, Albert Gallatin Browne (1899)
"They also claim that they have the right to clear out and deepen their raceway, and that part of the natural bed of the stream that was used as a raceway, ..."

7. Hostile Corporate Takeover: How, What, Where, When and Why (1991)
"PARTICIPANTS Target: Mid-State raceway, inc. (Mid-State) is a harness racing track in Vernon, New York. Bidder: Mr. Joseph D'Amato is the owner of Joseph ..."

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